Pakistani Air Force Pilot Captured As India Strikes Back, Targets Lahore And Islamabad: Report 

A Pakistani aviator has reportedly been captured arsenic India's counter-attack connected Pakistan intensified late Thursday. Government sources confirmed rocket strikes connected aggregate locations including Lahore and Islamabad. A blackout has been reported crossed Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

There is nary charismatic confirmation yet connected nan seizure of nan pilot. Three Pakistani combatant jets person been changeable down truthful far. One of nan jets was reportedly downed adjacent Pokhran's Lathi successful Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer sector. Additionally, a Pakistan Air Force AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) was changeable down wrong Pakistan’s Punjab province.

In Jammu and Kashmir, explosions were heard complete Jammu arsenic India’s S-400 aerial defence strategy intercepted and destroyed 8 incoming Pakistani missiles. 

India has activated its afloat spectrum of aerial defence and anti-drone systems, deploying nan long-range S-400 missiles on pinch tactical close-range platforms for illustration nan L-70 anti-aircraft guns and nan Russian-made ZSU-23-4 Schilka systems. These deployments travel aggregate drone and rocket attacks reported successful Jammu, Jaisalmer, Samba, Tangdhar, and Akhnoor.

The L-70 Anti-Aircraft Gun, primitively made by Bofors and now manufactured nether licence successful India, has been upgraded pinch radar-guided electro-optical sensors and tin occurrence up to 330 rounds per minute. Its scope of 4,000 metres makes it highly effective successful defending against drone swarms.

The Schilka system, known for its 4 23mm autocannons, is tin of delivering a staggering 4,000 rounds per minute. With radar sum up to 20 km and recently added proximity-fuse ammunition, it serves arsenic a formidable last-resort shield against UAVs, helicopters, and low-altitude threats.

Published on: May 8, 2025 11:06 PM IST